As unhelpful as “it’s a [insert genre here] movie that even people who hate [insert genre here] like” is as a critical observation, I do like being able to see and even recommend films that fall into areas that are… outside of my expertise, let’s say. I may frequently rail against bad talking animal movies, and be generally ambivalent towards Westerns, but that just makes my encountering examples I actually like feel just that much better; it's like biting into a BeanBoozled and getting a normal flavour. And here, we have a survival film that had me properly invested from end to end.
